Marni Nixon Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Marni Nixon (born February 22, 1930) is an American soprano and playback singer for featured actresses in movie musicals. She is most famous for dubbing the singing voices of the leading actresses in films, including The King and I, West Side Story, and My Fair Lady.Nixon's varied career has included, besides her voice work in films, some film roles of her own, television, opera, concerts with major symphony orchestras around the world, musicals on stage throughout the United States and recordings.
Full Name
Marni Nixon
Net Worth
$100,000
Date Of Birth
February 22, 1930
Died
July 24, 2016, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
Albert David Block, Frederick Fenster, Ernest Gold
Children
Andrew Gold, Melanie Gold, Martha Gold Carr
Parents
Charles Nixon, Margaret Elsa McEathron
Nicknames
Marni Nixon, Nixon, Marni
IMDB
Music Groups
Framing Hanley, Parabelle
Nominations
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
Movies
Mulan, I Think I Do, The Sound of Music, My Fair Lady, West Side Story, An Affair to Remember, High Society, The King and I, Cinderella, The Secret Garden
TV Shows
The Sound of Music
Star Sign
Pisces
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Quote
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[from an interview in 1967] The anonymity didn't bother me until I sang Natalie Wood's songs in West Side Story (1961). Then I saw how important my singing was to the picture. I was giving my talent, and somebody else was taking the credit.
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[from an interview in 2007] You always had to sign a contract that nothing would be revealed. Twentieth Century Fox, when I did The King and I (1956), threatened me. They said, "If anybody ever knows that you did any part of the dubbing for Deborah Kerr, we'll see to it that you won't work in town again."
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[from an interview in 1981] It got so I'd lent my voice to so many others that I felt it no longer belonged to me. It was eerie; I had lost part of myself.
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[from an interview in 1964] It's fascinating, getting inside the actresses you're singing for. It's like cutting off the top of their heads and seeing what's underneath. You have to know how they feel, as well as how they talk, in order to sing as they would sing -- if they could sing.
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[on dubbing for Natalie Wood in West Side Story (1961)] I knew that I would never be cast physically in the role of Maria. In the picture they wanted Maria to sound like a sixteen-year-old and they kept trying out Natalie's voice. Natalie was perfectly musical, but I had the feeling that it was only gradually when they started working with her that they said to themselves, "I don't think she is able to do it at all". I was hanging around and not knowing how much of my voice was going to be used except for a few high notes that she knew she couldn't sustain. In the end, Natalie recorded everything to her own takes and sometimes was even out of synch. My main job was to fix up all the inconsistencies of her original recordings. I had to loop all the vocals after the film was finished.
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Fact
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Twentieth Century-Fox insisted Marni Nixon sign a contract that she would not reveal that she dubbed any part of Deborah Kerr's vocals in "The king and I" (1956). Were she to do so, the studio threatened that they would see to it that she never worked "in this town (i.e., Hollywood) again." Deborah Kerr, who worked extremely closely - and extremely well - with Nixon thought this was very unfair and it was Miss Kerr herself who revealed the secret of the dubbing in an interview with the popular syndicated columnist Earl Wilson.
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Although she never dubbed the voice of Julie Andrews, Marni Nixon sang the role of Mary Poppins on the kids' version (Disneyland label) of the music from the film.
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Playing Mrs. Higgins (Prof. Higgins' mother) in a touring production of My Fair Lady. [March 2008]
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Performed in a concert run ('The Voice of Hollywood') that toured the US. [June 2003]
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Performed as the Mother Superior in The Sound of Music at the Hollywood Bowl with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. [July 2006]
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Replaced Joan Roberts as Heidi Schiller (who sings "One More Kiss") in the Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim's "Follies" [May 2001]
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When Harvey Fierstein was asked who should play the lead in a film adaptation of the musical "La Cage Aux Folles", he replied: "Me! Dubbed by Marni Nixon!".
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Also dubbed the singing voice of Anita (Rita Moreno) in West Side Story (1961) for the song "Tonight" when Betty Wand developed bronchitis at the last moment.
Of her three children, Andrew Gold is a rock musician, composer and producer; daughter Martha Gold Carr is a psychologist; and Melanie Gold is a singer and songwriter.
She starred in her own local children's TV show in Seattle entitled "Boomerang" in the late 70s and early 80s and won four Emmys for her efforts.
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Earned her reputation as "Singing Voice of the Stars" by "ghosting" other film luminaries as well, including Margaret O'Brien, Janet Leigh, and Jeanne Crain in some of their song sequences. She even touched up some singing parts for Marilyn Monroe in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), dubbing the phrase "These rocks don't lose their shape" and some higher notes in the "Diamond's Are a Girl's Best Friend" number.
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Started out at the age of four as a violinist and had a singing act with her sisters by age eight.
TV Movie documentary performer: "Getting to Know You" - uncredited
The King of Queens
2002
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Spaced
1999
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
1998
TV Special documentary performer: "Getting to Know You" - uncredited
Mulan
1998
performer: "Honor to Us All" - as Marnie Nixon
Seinfeld
1994
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros.
1991
TV Movie documentary performer: "The Rain in Spain" - uncredited
Jack and the Beanstalk
1967
TV Movie performer: "One Starry Moment", "One Starry Moment" Reprise
The Sound of Music
1965
performer: "Maria" 1959 - uncredited
My Fair Lady
1964
performer: "Why Can't the English?" 1956, "Wouldn't It Be Loverly" 1956, "Just You Wait" 1956, "The Rain in Spain" 1956, "I Could Have Danced All Night" 1956, "You Did It" 1956, "Just You Wait Reprise" 1956, "Show Me" 1956, "The Flower Market" 1956, "Without You" 1956 - uncredited
West Side Story
1961
performer: "Tonight" 1957, "I Feel Pretty" 1957, "One Hand, One Heart" 1957, "Quintet" 1957, "Somewhere" 1957, "A Boy Like That/I Have a Love" 1957, "Somewhere" reprise 1957 - uncredited
New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts
1961
TV Series performer - 1 episode
An Affair to Remember
1957
"An Affair to Remember Our Love Affair" / performer: "Continué", "The Tiny Scout He Knows You Inside Out", "Tomorrow Land"
Dance with Me, Henry
1956
performer: "Libiamo ne' lieti calici" aka Drinking Song
The King and I
1956
performer: "I Whistle A Happy Tune" 1951, "Hello, Young Lovers" 1951, "Getting To Know You" 1951, "Shall We Dance" 1951 - uncredited
Cinderella
1950
performer: "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes" 1949 - uncredited
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
2001
TV Series
Edna Dumas
Mulan
1998
Grandmother Fa (singing voice)
I Think I Do
1997
Aunt Alice
Taking My Turn
1984
TV Movie
Edna
Boomerang
1980
TV Series
Marni (1980)
The Mothers-In-Law
1969
TV Series
Marni Nixon
Jack and the Beanstalk
1967
TV Movie
Princess Serena (singing voice)
The Sound of Music
1965
Sister Sophia
Mary Poppins
1964
Geese (voice, uncredited)
An Affair to Remember
1957
Terry McKay (singing voice, uncredited)
The King and I
1956
Playback vocalist for Deborah Kerr (uncredited)
Alice in Wonderland
1951
Singing Flowers (voice, uncredited)
Cinderella
1950
Main Title Soloist (voice, uncredited)
The Bashful Bachelor
1942
Angela Abernathy
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Bonanza
1965
TV Series singer - 1 episode
Boy on a Dolphin
1957
singer: wordless vocalizing - uncredited
Dementia
1955
singer: featured voice
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953
singer: high notes for Marilyn Monroe - uncredited
The Secret Garden
1949
musician: singing double for Margaret O'Brien - uncredited
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
En femme de l'horreur
2011
Short
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Sound of Music: From Fact to Phenomenon
1994
Video documentary sincere appreciation
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Sound of Music: Musical Stages
2010
Documentary short
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's
2009
Video documentary
Herself
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
2009
Video documentary
Herself
World News Now
2007
TV Series
Herself
The 100 Greatest Family Films
2005
TV Movie documentary
Herself
The 100 Greatest Musicals
2003
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song
2001
TV Series documentary
Herself
Barrymore on Broadway
2000
TV Series documentary
Herself
Biography
2000
TV Series documentary
Herself
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
1999
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Rodgers & Hammerstein: The Sound of Movies
1996
TV Movie documentary
Herself
The Making of 'My Fair Lady'
1995
Video documentary
Herself
The Sound of Music: From Fact to Phenomenon
1994
Video documentary
Herself
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
1983
TV Special
Herself
The 41st Annual Academy Awards
1969
TV Special
Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Score of a Musical Picture
Ella Bryant 
$100,000
